I think a lot of it comes from men not saying they worry about getting attacked. It's not damaging to femininity for a woman to say she feels afraid when she encounters a strange man on a dark street but very damaging to masculinity for a man to say so. https://twitter.com/BasedTomas/status/1050465586092957696 …
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Then he got off. It was seeing that the men were ready to intervene but waiting until it became necessary - if the girl got upset or the man got aggressive - that made me realise a female privilege. I cld have brought abt an altercation but it wldn't have been me dealing with it
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I talked about this with a male friend and he said that reasonable men will behave this way. Hold back. Try not to let a situation get to a tipping point where violence is inescapable. Some women can escalate a situation without thinking it through in that way.
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Because we don't tend to work that way. There isn't a tipping point where angry words inevitably become violence between women or between men and women. But there does seem to be some line with men & the sensible ones avoid stepping up to it.
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This is exactly correct Helen. It's a constant balance of assessing risk/threat. things between men can go from 0 to 100(death) very quickly. Sometimes you have to step up even when the outcome is likely to be 100. Many men experience terror very regularly.
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Yes, agreed. Great observation!
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